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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano meets the press in Houston on June 30, 2026, following the team's 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan players celebrate after Kaishu Sano scores the opening goal in the first half of a round of 32 World Cup football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (24) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a round of 32 World Cup football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (L) celebrates with Ritsu Doan after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (L) celebrates with Ritsu Doan after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (L) celebrates with Ritsu Doan after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan players celebrate after Kaishu Sano (2nd from L, foreground) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano arrives at the team's accommodation facility in Houston on June 29, 2026, following a 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan supporters celebrate on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area in the small hours of June 30, 2026, after Japan's Kaishu Sano scored the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil in Houston.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan supporters celebrate on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya area in the small hours of June 30, 2026, after Japan's Kaishu Sano scored the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil in Houston.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano is congratulated by Daichi Kamada (far L) after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a round of 32 World Cup football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano is congratulated by Daichi Kamada (far L) after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a round of 32 World Cup football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano is dejected following a 2-1 loss to Brazil in a World Cup round of 32 football match at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (L) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (24) reacts after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (24) reacts after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (C, bottom) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (front) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (2nd from R) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (2nd from R) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (2nd from R) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (far R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (3rd from L) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (24) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (2nd from L) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (far R) celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (far L) runs after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (bottom) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (bottom) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano celebrates after scoring the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (C) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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Football: 2026 World Cup

Japan's Kaishu Sano (front, L) scores the opening goal in the first half of a World Cup round of 32 football match against Brazil at Houston Stadium in Houston on June 29, 2026.

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[Breaking News]Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

SANO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man. (Kyodo)

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Tea-leaf spill causes multi-vehicle crash in eastern Japan, kills 1

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows tea leaves scattered on a road in Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 4, 2026. The tea leaves spilled from a moving truck on the road, causing drivers of vehicles behind it to lose control and leading to a multi-vehicle crash resulting in the death of one man.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Ritsu Doan (L) of Eintracht Frankfurt and Kaishu Sano of Mainz vie for the ball during a German Bundesliga football match in Frankfurt on Nov. 9, 2025.

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German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz

Sano Kaishu (1st L) of FSV Mainz 05 shoots to score during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz 05 in Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz

Sano Kaishu of FSV Mainz 05 celebrates scoring during during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and FSV Mainz 05 in Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 20, 2025. Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS/COM

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Football: German Bundesliga

Kaishu Sano of Mainz celebrates after scoring the team's first goal in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Augsburg in Augsburg, Germany, on Sept. 20, 2025.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Keita Sano hits an RBI single in the second inning of a Group B game against Cuba at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 17, 2024, in Taipei.

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Baseball: Premier12

Japan's Shota Morishita (1) is greeted by teammates after scoring on an RBI single by Keita Sano in the second inning of a Group B game against Cuba at the Premier12 baseball tournament on Nov. 17, 2024, in Taipei.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - jump on the podium after winning the men's goalball final at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Members of the Japanese team - (from left) Koji Miyajiki, Kazuya Kaneko, Naoki Hagiwara, Yuji Taguchi, Haruki Torii and Yuto Sano - pose with their gold medals after winning the men's goalball event at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024, at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Yuto Sano of Japan reacts after scoring in the first half of overtime in the men's goalball final against Ukraine at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Paris Paralympics: Goalball

Yuto Sano of Japan scores in the second half of the men's goalball final against Ukraine at the Paris Paralympics on Sept. 5, 2024 at South Paris Arena in Paris.

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Football: Dutch Cup

NEC Nijmegen's Kodai Sano (L) vies for the ball during the Dutch Cup final against Feyenoord on April 21, 2024, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

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Asian Games: Weightlifting

Japan's Kyotaro Sano lifts 142 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the men's weightlifting 61-kg event at the Asian Games on Oct. 1, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

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Asian Games: Weightlifting

Japan's Kyotaro Sano lifts 142 kilograms in the clean and jerk during the men's weightlifting 61-kg event at the Asian Games on Oct. 1, 2023, in Hangzhou, China.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.

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World oldest surfer

Japanese 89-year-old Seiichi Sano poses for a photo with his surf board at a wave machine facility in Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Respect for the Aged Day on Sept. 18, 2023. Sano has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to surf.